Textile decor materials

This is a processing method, by which decor moldings can be produced by the injection molding process, requiring just a few working steps. The moldings are composed of a thermoplastic substrate and decor material, which mainly consists of frhn or textiles. 

Finishing Materials Engineered textiles have a tremendous potential as components of ceiling, wall, and flooring structures. Their use as awnings, tarps, and tents are well integrated into healthcare facilities as functional and decorative materials. These aesthetic and functional materials all benefit from antimicrobial treatments. 

To this end, the machine building and textile industries have together developed what is known as the Caliweb process in which a warp-knitted spacer nonwoven Multiknit is used instead of the layer of foam. The nonwoven is clearly three-dimensional and is available from 3 mm to 8 mm thick. Fibres are mainly orientated in the third dimension and are integrated into both the meshed surfaces of the nonwoven (Fig. 3.3). Above this, their position is fixed by means of thermosensitive bonding fibres. This structure is as good as the foam which has been replaced. Composite formation between the decorative material and the nonwoven... 

Composites. The history of phenoHc resin composites goes back to the early development of phenoHc materials, when wood flour, minerals, and colorants were combined with phenoHc resins to produce mol ding compounds. In later appHcations, resin varnishes were developed for kraft paper and textile fabrics to make decorative and industrial laminates. Although phenoHcs have been well characterized in glass-reinforced composites, new developments continue in this area, such as new systems for Hquid-injection molding (LIM) and sheet-molding compounds (SMC). More compHcated composite systems are based on aramid and graphite fibers. 

Textiles are among the most ubiquitous materials ia society. They provide shelter and protection from the environment ia the form of apparel, as weU as comfort and decoration ia the form of household textiles such as sheets, upholstery, carpeting, drapery, and wall coveting, and they serve a variety of iadustrial functions, eg, as tire reinforcement, tenting, filter media, conveyor belts, iasulation, and reinforcement media ia various composite materials. 

As with textiles the principal reasons for the coloring paper are for aesthetic appearance and utihtarian purposes. Aesthetic appearance includes colored background for printed material, colored writing papers, colored household products to harmonize with interior decor, and many other diverse uses dictated by individual tastes. Utihtarian purposes include identification of multicopy forms, identification of manufacturer or marketer of specific materials or products, opaqueness or hiding power of packaged material, or to control consistency of paper manufactured from various colored raw materials. 

Coatings and Surface Modifications. Probably the one application of photopolymer chemistry that has the most worldwide commercial value in terms of product sales is the use of photopolymer materials for curable coatings. Most of the wood paneling and less expensive furniture manufactured today utilize UV or electron-beam curable materials for decorative finishes (e.g. simulation of wood grain) and protective coatings. In addition, the surfaces of many commercially important materials (e.g. textile fibers and polyester films) are being modified by photopolymer processes. 

Polymers nowadays are not difficult to prepare because of the easy availability of the raw materials. Most of the Synthetic polymers are of recent origin but they have made an impact on our daily life. They have found extensive applications in textile fibres, rubber and rubber goods, building materials, packaging, fancy decorating articles and ion-exchange resins. 

Uses. The most important areas of use of pigments are paints, varnishes, plastics, artists colors, printing inks for paper and textiles, leather decoration, building materials (cement, renderings, concrete bricks and tiles—mostly based on iron oxide and chromium oxide pigments), leather imitates, floor coverings, rubber, paper, cosmetics, ceramic glazes, and enamels. 

Decorative laminate is defined in ISO 472 but in common usage has come to mean sheet materials consisting of decorative surface papers impregnated with melamine resin and consolidated under heat and pressure with plies of core paper permeated with phenolic resin. In a wider sense the term can be applied to many associated products—including laminates in solid colour laminates with facings such as metal foils, textiles, or wood veneers polyester laminates direct faced boards and composite boards comprising thin laminates bonded to substrates of various kinds. 

The curtains, upholstery, bed hangings and bedspreads at Winterthur are in themselves a textile museum and the way the materials are draped, upholstered, etc., carries out the best tradition of a museum of decorative arts. Many, many hours have been spent looking at paintings, engravings, and books to find the correct models for the period of each room, and their execution has taken countless hours of hand-sewing. 

Building interiors decorated with textile and other soft fiber wall materials have been show to induce mucosal irritation, allergic reaction, skin reaction, asthmatic response, and CNS symptoms associated with SBS. Such wall coverings typically release formaldehyde and other pollutants. They also adsorb and subsequently release other SBS-inducing chemicalsJ33l... 

E.B. Golden Glitter, Neutral Glitter. [Easton Cdtx Chertt] Pearlescent material and aq. acrylic resituxis binders for decorative textile printing. 

A number of applications of commercial lacs and of separated urushiol have been referred to (ref. 2). As with the phenolic lipids of Anacardium occidentale a great deal of work has been carried out particularly in Japan and China to diversify the uses of lacs from Rhus vemicifera. It is widely employed in artistic decoration, building materials, textile equipment and furniture. The industrial utilisation of polyketide natural products including the phenolic lipid urushiol has been reviewed (ref. 314). The great number of uses largely comprise polymerisation reactions and some non-polymeric processes, some of both of which are described in the next sections. 

Products and Uses Cellulose esters or ethers in coating materials used on metal, protective, or decorative coatings also in paper products, textiles, plastics, furniture polish, and nail polish. 

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